The tendency on the part of security forces and the political classes to justify (directly or indirectly) the killing of terror suspects is not rare in this country. The latest controversy over the killing of eight Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists, and the government’s subsequent defence of the police action, therefore just furnishes more evidence of this same disturbing mindset. #InMyOpinion#Bhopal#Manipur#SIMI#Madhya Pradesh#Human Rights#encounter#Shivraj Singh Chouhan